CVE-2021-33346
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product....
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product. An attacker can use this vulnerability to modify the password of the admin user without authorization.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product. An attacker can use this vulnerability to modify the password of the admin user without authorization.
- Record
CVE-2021-33346- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product. An attacker can use this vulnerability to modify the password of the admin user without authorization.
- Record
CVE-2021-33346- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-20054 No score
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product. An attacker can use this vulnerability to modify the password of the admin user without authorization.
- Record
EUVD-2021-20054- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9m6-5cw7-gv47
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product....
There is an arbitrary password modification vulnerability in a D-LINK DSL-2888A router product. An attacker can use this vulnerability to modify the password of the admin user without authorization.
- Record
GHSA-q9m6-5cw7-gv47- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-33346 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Dlink Dsl-2888a Firmware, published June 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.